Machine for making cigarettes.



No. 652,|9|. Patented lune I9, 1900.

F. J. LUDINGTON.

MACHINE FOB MAKING CIGARETTES.

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No. 652,!9l. Patented .Iu-ne l9, I900.

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MACHINEFUB MAKING CIGARETTES.

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N0. 652,|9l. Patented lune IQ, I900.

F. J. LUDINGTON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING GIGARETTES.

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No; 652,l9l. Patented lune I9, 300..

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MACHINE FOR MAKING GIGABETTES.

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MAGHINE FOB MAKING GI GABE'TTES.

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. No. 652,19I, Patented lune I9, I900. F.YJ. LUDINGTON.

MAC HINE FOR MAKING QIGABETTES.

(Application filed Feb. 21, 1898.)

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No. 652,!9l. Patented June l9, I900. F. J. LUDINGTON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTES.

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No. 652,I9l. Patented June 19, 1900.

F. J. LUDINGTON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ,CIGARETTES. (Application Med Feb. 21, 1898.) (NoModel.)

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No. 652,l9l. Patented June '19, 1900.

F. J. LUDINGTON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTES.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. LUDINGTON, OF IVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THELUDINGTON COMPANY, OF NEVVIIAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTES.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,191, dated June19, 1900.

Application filed February 21, 1898- Serial No. 671,049. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may Concern: 2; Fig. 13, an enlarged broken view, in sideBe it known that I, FRANK J. LUDINGTON, elevation, showing the mechanismemployed of \Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven for lifting theplaten; Fig. 14, an enlarged and State of Connecticut, have invented abroken view, in vertical section, particularly 55 5 new Improvement inMachines for Making designed to show my improved wrapper-past-Cigarettes; and I do hereby declare the foling instrumentalities and themode of applylowing, when taken in connection with the ing the paste tothe wrapper; Fig. 15, a View,

accompanying drawings and the letters of refpartly in elevation andpartly in vertical cenerence marked thereon, to be a full, clear, andtral section, on a still larger scale than Fig. 6c

to exact description of the same, and which said 14 and showing themeans employed for rodrawings constitute part of this specification,tating the paste-roll; Fig. 16, a view in front and represent,inelevation of the wrapper-pasting instrumen- Figure 1, a plan view ofthe machine; Fig. talities; Fig. 17, a detached viewin'elevation 2, aview of the machine in side elevation of the disk carrying the stop-pin.65 15 looking at its left-hand side with its wrap- My invention relatesto animprovementin per-cutting mechanism removed, with the eX- machinesfor making all'tobacco cigarettes ception of the feeding-talole, whichis shown and constitutes an improvement upon the in section; Fig. 2, adetail view showing the machine shown and described in United Statesplaten-tilting cam Fig. 3, a view of the ma- Patent No. 455L593, grantedJune 23, 1891, to 70 2o chine, taken on the irregular line a b of Fig.The Ludington Company of New Haven, Con- 1; Fig. 4, an enlarged view, inside elevation, necticut, for an improved cigarette-machine, of themachine looking at its left-hand side, which in that case was designedto produce the lowerportion of the machine being broken papercigarettes, or, in other words, cigarettes away; Fig. 5, a detachedview, in front elevahaving paper wrappers. 75 tion, of thewrapper-cuttingmechanism; Fig. The object of my present invention is to6, a detached broken view, in vertical section, produce a simple andeffective machine havof the wrapper-cutting instrumentalities with alarge capacity for producing all-tobacco cigparticular reference to thepunch, clamp, and arettes of superior quality of workmanship. diethereof, the said view also showing the lVith these ends in view myinvention con- 80 o traveling platen; Fig. 7, a less comprehensive sistsin a machine for making all-tobacco cigview on the line 0 d of Fig. 6;Fig. 8, a dearettes and more particularly to the constructached view, inside elevation, of the platen .tion, arrangement, and operation of thewrapand gripper, together with some of their coactper-cutting, wrapperholding and conveying parts, the platen being shown by broken ing, andwrapper-pasting instrumentalities 8 lines in its elevated position, intowhich it is thereof, all as will be hereinafter described,

moved for receiving the wrapper, and by full and pointed out in theclaims. lines in its depressed position, into which it In carrying outmy invention, as herein is moved preparatory to the movement over shown,I employ a hollow rectangular wrapit of the gripper; Fig. 9, a detachedview, in per-cutting punch A, conforming in its extero side elevation,ofthe platen and platen-carrynal dimensions to the size of the wrappersing arm; Fig. 10, a detached sectional view which it is designed thatthe machine shall on the line cf of Fig. 8; Fig. 10, a detached cut fromtobacco-leaves fed into it one by one broken view, in inside elevation,of the griployhand. This punch is removably attached' per-oscillatingslide; Fig. 11, adetached view, by means of screws B to a block C, whichis 5 partly in plan and partlyin section, showing secured by bolts D toa plunger E, secured in the platen and the gripper, together with placebya cap F, bolted to the head Gof the some of their operatingconnections; Fig. 12, machine. At its projecting upper end the anenlarged detached sectional View of the said plunger is pivotallyconnected with the rack and segmental pinion employed in conforked outerend of a longlever H, hung upon I00 junction with the movement of theplaten, a horizontally-arranged stud I, mounted in a this view beingtaken on the line g h of Fig. bracket J, bolted to the arm K of themachine-frame K. The innerend of said lever is connected with the upperend of a rod L, the lower end of which is connected with the upper arm Nof a bell-crank lever, hung upon a stud N and having its lower arm Nprovided with an antifriction-roll N, which rides upon the surface ofthe punch-operating cam N mounted upon the short horizontal driven shaft0, which is mounted at its ends in brackets O O,bolted to themachine-frame, and provided with a sprocket-wheel through which it isdriven by means of a sprocket-chain 0 running over a sprocketwheel 0mounted upon the shaft 2, which carries a large gear-wheel 0 which inturn meshes into a large gear-wheel 0 mounted on the shaft X and meshedinto by a pinion 0 mounted on the main driving-shaft O wh ich carriesthe drivin g-pulley 0 over which runs a belt from any convenient sourceof power. It will be understood that the cam N is adapted in itsperipheral conformation to operate through the train of parts describedto raise and lower the punch A, as required. Two spiral springs PP,connected at their upper ends with the forward end of the lever H andat their lower ends with the head G, are

provided for exerting a constant effort to pull the plunger E, and hencethe punch, downward, and act in opposition to the cam N beforementioned. Within the punch I locate a rectangular skeleton clamp Q,which is enough smaller in its external dimensions than the internaldimensions of the rectangular punch A to permit it to be raised andlowered therein independently thereof. This clamp is formed upon itslower face with four longitudinally-arranged rubber-faced ribs Q,separated from each other by three longitudinally-arranged finger-ways Qwhich correspond in width. The lower edges of these ribs are faced withthick rubber strips Q designed to exert a gentle and yielding pressurefirst upon the tobacco-leaf and then upon the blank cut therefrom, aswill be described. The said clamp is supported and vertically operatedby means of a rod R, passing upward through a vertically-arrangedopening E, extending throughout the length of the plunger E aforesaid.The upper end of this rod is connected with the forked forward end of ahorizontal lever S, terminating at its inner end in a hub S, rigidlysecured to a shaft S mounted on the bracket J aforesaid. At its oppositeend the shaft S is rigidly connected with a hub S formed at the forwardend of a lever S, the rear end of which is connected with avertically-arranged operating-rod S hung upon the shaft N aforesaid, andhaving its lower end S provided with an antifriction-roll S travelingupon the periphcry of the clamp-operating cam S", which is shaped so asto effect the raising and lowering of the clamp as required with respectto the timing of the saidwrapper-cutting punch. A spiral spring T,connected with the forward end of the lever S and with the arm K of themachine-frame K, is provided for drawing the clamp downward inopposition to the said cam.

The punch A is inclosed by means of a hollow rectangular stripper U,having its upper edge flanged and screwed to vertically-arrangedsupporting-arms U U, the upperends of which are bolted to the head G, asclearly shown in Fig. 4c. The punch A coacts with a hollow rectangularwrapper-cutting die V, which is located in the inner edge of thefeeding-table V, which is connected with the machine-frame K in somesuitable manner.

To support the wrapper portion of the leaf when the same is being cutand to convey the wrapper from the wrapper-cutting instrumentalities ofthe machine to the independently-organized filler forming,wrapper-rolling, and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities thereof, I employa wrapper-receiving platen W and provide for imparting a variety ofmovements thereto, as will be fully described. As shown in Fig. 80f thedrawings, this platen is represented in its tobaccodeaf-supportingposition, and therefore as raised within the die V very nearly to theupper edge thereof, the upper and working face of the platen beingrectangular in form and just enough smaller than the internal dimensionsof the die to move freely up and down therein. The said platenis'located at the upper end of a vertically-arranged platen-carrying armW,

.formed at its lower end with a hub W by means of which it is rigidlyconnected with a horizontally-arranged, combined verticallyreciprocating or lifting, swinging and rocking shaft W which is mountedso as to be free to rock within narrow limits in a T- shaped head X,located at the upper end of a vertically-movable and rotatable shaft X,supported in boxes X X bolted to the machine-frame K. For the verticalmovement of the platen V with respect to the die V the said shaft X isconnected at its projecting lower end with the forked forward end of alever X Fig. 13, the inner end of which is attached to a shaft X mountedin a bracket X bolted to the machine-frame. The said shaft X isconnected with a rearwardly-projecting lever X, the rear end of which isconnected with a forked lever X carrying an antifriction-roll X whichcoacts with the.

platen-lifting cam X adapted in its peripheral contour to impart therequired vertical movements through the train of parts specified to theplaten. The rear end of the lever X is formed with a fork, which passesover the shaft X secured in place by a cap X bolted to the machine-frameK. The said platen WV is swung from its position under thewrapper-cutting instrumentalities of the machine, around into positionto deliver the wrapper carried by it to the filler-forming,wrapper-rolling, and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities, which areorganized independently of the wrapper-cutting instrumentalities for thesake of convenience in running and caring for the machine. Here I mayremark that the filler-forming and wrapperrolling instrumentalities maybe of any approved construction. Thus they may be substantially the sameas the filler-forming and wrapper-rolling instrumentalities shown anddescribedin United States PatentNo. 454,593,

already referred to, and such have been shown in the accompanyingdrawings, on which they are collectively designated by the letter Y. Ido not, however, limit myself to the use of those particularinstrumentalities. As to the wrapper-pastin g instrumentalities, Ishall,by preference, employ those forming a part of my present invention andto be described later on. For the purpose of swinging the platen asdescribed I employ a segmental pinion Z, Fig. 12, located in ahorizontal plane and secured by a spline Z to the verticallymovableshaft X, which is thus free to be raised and lowered, by means of theplatenlifting cam X through the said pinion, which is meshed into by ahorizontally-arranged rack Z located in a horizontally-arranged box Zsecured to the machine-frame, Figs. 2 and 13. The innerend of this rackis formed with an upturned arm Z, which provides for the adjustableconnection of the rack with the forward end of an operating-rod Z, theinner end of which is connected with the upper end of a lever Z, thelower end of which is pivotally con nected with the machine-frame K,Fig; 2. This lever is provided with an antifriction-roll Z which coactswith the periphery ofaplaten-swingingcam X,mounted upon the horizontaldrivingshaft X and adapted in its peripheralcontour to effect, throughthe train of parts just mentioned, the reciprocation of the rack at theright time to cause the swinging shaft W to swing horizontally, so as tosweep the wrapper-receiving platen tV from its position under thewrapper-cutting die V around to the filler-forming. and wrapper-rollingand wrapper-pasting instrumentalities and back again under the said dieV.

For the purpose of tilting the platen after it reaches the filler-forming and wrapper-rolling and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities, so as tobring it into position to deliver the wrapper thereto, I provide forrocking the shaft W' on its horizontal axis. To this end I mount uponthe inner end of the said shaft an upwardly-projectinglever a, the upperend of which is adjustably connected with a rod a, the rear end of whichis connected with the upper end of a lever a mounted at its lower endupon a shaft a supported bya bracket ct, secured to the'machine-frame.The said shaft 0 has alsoconnected with it a rearwardlyprojecting lovera, carrying an antifrictionroller ct, which coacts with the periphery ofthe platen-tilting cam a mounted upon the horizontally-arrangeddriving-shaft X" aforesaid and adapted in its peripheral contour to actthrough the train of parts just described in rocking the shaft 7 so asto tilt the platen over into the position shown by Fig. 3.

In order to hold the tobacco wrapper fiat upon the platen, I provide awrapper-gripper 1), Figs. 8 and 11, which I may properly call a skeletonor finger gripper, because it is constructed with three long fingers b,which.

are adapted in their width and in their separation from each other topass between the three finger-ways Q Q Q of the wrapper-holding clampQ,be'fbre described, so that while the rubber-faced ribs Q of the clampare still holding the newly-cut wrapper down upon the wrapper-receivingplaten W the fingers of the gripper may enter'between the ribs of theclamp, and thus get into position to hold the blank down upon the platenin lieu of the clamp when the same retires by moving upward through thedie V. The said gripper, which has an oscillating or vibrating movement,is mounted upon the upperend ofagripper-carrying arm 12*, the lower endof which is enlarged to form a head 11 formed at its lower end with aforwardly-projecting hub b receiving a heavy stud b by means of whichthe gri pper-carryin g arm is connected with a gripper-lifting cam c,which receives the projecting inner end of the said stud, as shown inFig. 10. The said cam c is itself mounted for yielding vertical movementupon a long heavy pin 0', the lower end of which is firmly secured in alug 0 formed integral with and projecting inwardly from the lower end ofthe platen-carrying arm IV, with which the grippercarrying arm is thusconnected through the said lug 0 pin 0, cam c, and stud 6 A spiralspring 0 interposed between the headed upper end of the pin a and theupper face of the cam 0, provides for lifting the gripper-carrying armwith respect to the platencarrying arm, and hence for lifting thegripper above the platen for releasing the wrapper, as will be describedlater on; It will be understood from the foregoing that the gripper andthe gripper-carrying arm partake of the vertical swinging and tiltingmovements of the platen and platen-carrying arm. The said gripper has,in addition to these movements, a vibrating movement of its own, wherebyit is swung over the platen to perform its gripping function and awayfrom the platen to clear the same preparatory to cuttinga new wrapper.

For the purpose of imparting vibratory or oscillating movement to thegripper I provide the head 0 of its arm with an outwardlyprojectingantifriction-roll d, mounted upon a small stud d, which enters the upperportion of the said head. When the platen is swung by the shaft \V intoits wrapper-receiving position under the die V, the said roll (Zregisters with and enters a vertically-arranged slot 6, formed in theinner face of an integral head e, located between the ends of ahorizontally-arranged gripper-oscillating slide 6 mounted in abox 6secured to the frame K of the machine by bolts e At the same time theroll 01 enters the vertical slot e the outwardly-projecting hub 19formed at the lowerend of the -said head b as aforesaid, registers withand enters a horizontallyarranged clearance-slot e formed in the head 6'and located directly below the verticallyarrangcd slot 6, the said slote being long enough to permit the slide 6 to move back and forth overthe hub 79 When the roll cl is entered into the vertical slot e and thehub 19 is entered into the slot c and the slide is reciprocated, theside walls of the slot (3 will engage with the roll, so as to cause thegripper-carrying arm to rock upon its stud b as upon a center, theplaten-carrying arm being at this time stationary under the die V. Thesaid gripper-operating slide is connected at its forward end with a linkf, which is in turn connected with the upper end of a lever f, attachedat its lower end to the inner end of a shaft f journaled in a bracket fand having a lever f secured to its opposite end. An operating-lever fconnected at its forward end with the said lever f, is forked at itsinner end and set over the shaft 0 and provided with anantifriction-rollf, which travels in a cam-groove f in thegripper-oscillating slide-cam g, which is mounted on the said shaft 0operates through the lever f the lever f the shaft f the lever f, and

the link f to reciprocate the said gripper-oscillating slide e back andforth. It will be understood, of course, that as soon as the shaft Wbegins to swing the platen and its adjuncts from its wrapper-receivingto its wrapper-delivering position the roll at and the lug b of thegripper-carrying arm-head 5 move out of the slots 6 and a respectively,of the head. e of the said slide 6 For the purpose of lifting thegripper I? very slightly above the face of the platen W, as shown bybroken lines in Fig. 3, so as to release the wrapper preparatory torolling the same around the filler, I provide a stationary cam h, Fig.3, which is bolted to the machineframe in position to be locateddirectly under the gripper-lifting cam a when the platen W andplaten-carrying arm W are in their tilted positions, in which they areshown by broken 1 lines in Fig. 3. The gripper-lifting cam a does notride up over the cam h, but settles down upon the same, so as tocompress the spring 0 and lift the gripper and gripper-carrying arm'with respect to the platen and platencarrying arm at about thetermination of the slight retracting movement imparted to the platenafter it takes its tilted position, as will be described later on.

My improved wrapper-pasting instrumentalities employ a brush 77/,mounted in a brushholder 7?, secured by its ends to arms h h formed upona long sleeve 71/, mounted upon a shaft if, supported at its ends inbearings 7L6 h, formed at the forward ends of the horizontal arms 727,Fig. 14, projecting forward from a frame h secured to the machineframeK. The said shaft h is continuously rotated by means of a sprocket-wheel2', secured to the shaft by means of its long hub t" and driven by asprocket-chain 2' running over a sprocket-wheel 1' mounted on the shaft2', which is oneof the main drivingshafts of the machine. Forcommunicating the motion of the shaft h to the brush-holding sleeve hand brush I employ a frictiondisk j, which is secured to the shaft bymeans of its outwardly-projecting hub j and which coacts through themedium of a fibrous friction-washerj with a corresponding frictiondisk7' secured by its hub j and a jam-nut 7' upon the adjacent end of thebrush-holding sleeve h which is externally threaded for the attachmentof the said disk 7' and nut f. It is designed that the two disks shallbe so adjusted with respect to each other and to the frietion-washerjbetween them that the friction developed will be sufficient to cause therotation of the brush-holder sleeve. In order, however, to produce anintermittent rotation of the said sleeve and an intermittent action ofthe brush, I mount upon the opposite end of the sleeve a stop-disk 70,provided with an outwardly-projecting stoppin 7a, which coacts with along horizontally-arranged reciprocating stop-arm W, the outer end ofwhich is mounted in the forked upper end of a lever 10 secured to ahorizontally-arranged shaft 10 mounted in bearings k bolted to themachine-frame K. The said shaft 10 is provided at its opposite end witha depending lever-arm is, carrying at its lower end an antifriction-roll70 traveling in a cam-groove k formed in a cam k mounted upon the shaft1?. The said cam 10 is constructed so that the stop-arm 70 will benormally engaged with the stop-pin k of the disk 70, mounted on thebrush-holding sleeve k which will normally be held against rotation bythe shaft h under the action of the friction developed between thedisksjj and the friction-washerf, so that normally the disk j will rideover the Washer j Just before, however, the time comes for pasting thewrapper the cam 70 operates to retract the arm it? from engagement withthe pin 70, leaving the disk 70, and hence the brush-holding sleeve,free to rotate under the power transmitted through the friction-disks jj and washer j The brush-holding sleeve now rotates, causing the brushto receive a supply of paste from the paste-roll Z and then apply thesame to the tobacco-wrapper, immediately after which the cam 70 operatesto move the stoparm 70 inward into position to engage with the stop-pin7c of the disk 70, mounted on the brush-holder sleeve h, which is againheld against rotation against the effort which the friction-diskj andthe friction-washer constantly make to rotate it under power derivedfrom the constantly-rotating shaft 71.

For the rotation of the paste-roll Z I mount upon the hub j of thefriction-disk j an cecentric m, secured in place by screws m m,

entering the diskj, and surrounded by an eccentric-stop 0173, having anarm m connected with one arm of a bell-crank lever m, the other arm ofwhich carries a pawl m which engages with the teeth of a ratchet-wheel mmounted on the shaft Z, which carries the paste-roll Z, the said shaftbeing mounted in boxes Z Z located upon the upper portion of the frame7L8, which supports the paste-reservoir 'n, in the lower end or mouth ofwhich the paste-roll rotates and from which its surface takes up thepaste as the paste-roll is rotated by the step-by-step movementcommunicated to it under the action of the ratchet m, pawl m bell-cranklever m and eccentric m.

Although it is not my purpose to describe the filler-forming andwrapper-rolling in strumentalities, for convenience of description I mayrefer to the rolling-table 0, the rollingapron o, the unwrappedcigarette 0 and the horizontally-arranged rods 0 and -0 which controlthe apron, all as set forth in the patent specified by number at theoutset of this description.

Having now described in detail the improved instrumentalities of mymachine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, I will briefly describe theoperation thereof so far as its improved features are concerned.

For convenience of description it will be assumed that thewrapper-receiving platen V is in its elevated position and that atobacco-leaf has been placed by hand by an attendant over the die V. Themachine being now started up, the clamp Q descends to bring itsrubber-faced ribs Q into engagement with that portion of the leaf whichis to be cut out and presses the same firmly down upon the platen. Thepunch A new descends and cuts the wrapper from the leaf and retires, thestripperUacting to strip the remaining portions of the leaf from thepunch. The platenlifting cam X now acts through the verticallyarrangedshaft X to lower the platen to a position below the die. As the platendescends it is followed by the clamp, which is moved downward throughthe die by the action of the clamp-operating cam S Thus by the action ofthe cams X and S the platen and die are brought into the positions inwhich they are shown by full lines in Fig. 8. The gripper-operatingslide e now operates and acts upon the roll d 01: the gripper-arm head11 so as to swing the gripper 1) into the space between the lower faceof the die and the up per face of the platen, the fingers b of thegripperpassing into the fingerways Qiform ed between the rubber-facedribs Q of the clamp. The platen-lifting cam X now acts again to lift theplaten slightly and so as to firmly bind the newly-cut wrapper betweenit and the gripper. The platen having been lifted as set forth, wherebythe gripper is caused to hold the wrapper, the gripper takes the place,as it were, of the clamp, which is then moved upward by the action ofthe said cam S through the die Vinto position to permit another leaf tobe fed over the same. The platen-swinging cam Z now brings the rack Zinto play and, acting through the segmental pinion Z, causes the shaft Wto be swung horizontally, so as to carry the platen and its adjunctsfrom their receiving to their delivering positions. This movement of theshaft 7 covers an arc of about ninety degrees; but that may be more orless, according to the particular constructionof the machine. When theshaft W begins its said swinging movement, the roll cl and hub b of thegripper-arm head 71 are cleared from the slots 6 and e of the slide e asbefore mentioned. After the shaft WV has been swung around, asdescribed, by means of the said rack and segmental pinion itis rocked onits horizontal axis to tilt the platen and its adjuncts into theirdelivering positions with respect to the filler-forming andwrapper-roller and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities of the machine, asshown by broken lines in Fig. 3, the rocking of the shaft being effectedby means of the cam ct and the train of parts between the same and thearm a, which extends upward from the shaft The said cam a is shaped sothat it tilts the platen-carrying arm and the platen inward beyond theirde livering positions and then pulls them outward in a slow drawingmovement until they reach their delivering positions upon therolling-table, whereby the inwardly-projecting edge of the wrapper isuncurled and left flat upon the said rolling-table. Now after the saidprojecting inner edge of the wrapper has been caught, so to speak, bythe wrapper rolling instruinentalities, the stop-arm cam operates thestop-arm 70 to release the brushholding sleeve, which then immediatelybegins to rotate in the direction of the arrow seen in Fig. 12, thebrush h taking a supply of paste from the paste-roll Zand then sweepingover and pasting the exposed outer edge of the wrapper, as shown in thesaid figure.

The cam a now acts to rock the shaft WV slightly, so as to draw theplaten-carrying arm downward, whereby the gripper-lifting cam c isengaged with the fixed cam 7t, causing the spring a to be compressed andthe gripper to be lifted above the face of the platen, so as to releasethe wrapper, which is then drawn away from the platen and rolled.

I particularly wish to note that the inner edge of the wrapper is caughtby the wrapper-rolling instrumentalities and that the outer edge of thewrapper is pasted while the wrapperis still held firmly down upon theplaten by the gripper. I may also point out that as the platen isgradually drawn away from the rolling-table it stretches and keeps flatthewrapper, which clings to it on account of the moisture which thetobacco contains, the retreating action of the platen being a littlefaster than the action of the wrapper-rolling instrumentalities. Thecama continuing to act tilts the platen-carrying arm and the adjunctsthereof back into the vertical position, in which it is shown by Fig. 3of the drawings. The rack Z and segmental pinion Z now act under thecontrol of the said cam X to swing the shaft W back, so as to restorethe platen to its first position under the die. Just before the shaft Wreaches this position the roll (1 and hub 11 of the gripper-carryingarmhead are entered into the slots eand e of the slide 8 which is thencaused by its connections with the cam g to be reciprocated for swingingthe gripperinto the retired position, in which it is shown by Fig. 8 ofthe drawings. The cam X now acts through its connections with the lowerend of the shaft X to lift the shaft and hence the platen, which israised into the position shown by broken lines in Fig. 8, in whichposition it initially receives another wrapper,and the operations abovedetailed are then repeated, and

so on.

It is apparent that in carrying out my invention some changes from theconstruction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described may bemade. Thus I may employ different tiller-forming and wrapper-rollinginstrumentalities from those shown and do not confinemyself to the useof such wrapper-pasting instrumentalities as I have illustrated anddescribed; nor is it necessary for me to swing the platen and itsattached gripper through the arc of acircle, for I might arrange thewrapper-cutting instrumentalities with respect to the otherinstrumentalities so thata different movement of the platen would berequired; but, however the instrumentalities may be arranged, I mustimpart a long movement to the platen for conveying it from thewrapper-cutting instrumentalities to the other instrumentalities and secondary movements to it at the ends of its long movement for causing itto properly 00- act with the instrumentalities when inits receivinganddelivering positions,respectively. It is also apparent that theparticular means employed for operating the platen and gripper andpasting instrumentalities may be widely varied. I would therefore haveitunderstood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction hereinshown, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for making cigarettes, having wrapper-cutting,filler-forming, wrapperrolling and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities,the combination with a wrapper-receiving platen, means for raising andlowering the said platen with respect to the wrappercuttinginstrumentalities, for moving it to impart secondary movement to it atthe wrap: per-rolling and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities, a movablegripper connected with the said platen, means for moving the gripperindependent of the platen when the same is coacting with the cuttinginstrumentalities, and also for moving it independently of the platenwhen the same is coacting with the wrapper-rolling and wrapper-pastinginstrumentalities.

2. In a machine for making cigarettes having wrapper cutting,wrapperrolling and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities, the combinationwith a wrapper-receiving platen, of a movable gripper connectedtl1erewith,means for raising and lowering the platen with respect to thecutting instrumentalities, for moving it thence to the wrapper-rollingand wrapper-pasting instrumentalities, for imparting secondary movementto it at the wrapper-rolling and wrapper-pasting instrumentalities,means for swinging the gripper over the platen which is lifted to meetthe gripper, whereby the wrapper is clamped between the platen and thegripper, and means for liftingthegripperindependentlyofthe platen forreleasing the wrapper when the platen is in its delivering position atthe wrapper-rolling and. wrapper-pasting instrumentalities.

3. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination withwrapper-cutting instrumentalities including a punch, a die and a clamp,of a wrapper-receiving platen, means for raising and lowering the samewith respect to the said punch, die and clamp, and for moving it intoits delivering position, and .a wrapper-gripper connected with the saidplaten and moving therewith, and having movement independently thereof,the said gripper being swung over and away from the platen which islifted with respect to the grip per when the same is over it forclamping the wrapper between them.

4. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination withwrapper-cutting instrumentalities including a punch, a die'and a clamp,of means for moving the punch and clamp independently of each other, awrap per-receiving platen, means for raising and lowering the saidplaten with respect to the said instrumentalities so as to coact withthe clamp in holding the tobacco while the punch is coacting with thedie to cut a wrapper from the tobacco, a wrapper-gripper connected withand movable over the platen and coacting therewith to hold the wrapperthereupon after the retirement. of the clamp, means for moving theplaten and gripper into their delivering positions, and means foroperating them there.

5. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with awrapper-receiving platen, of an oscillating wrapper-gripper adapted tobe swung over the platen after which one of the parts is moved withrespect to the other so as to clamp a wrapperbetween them, means formoving the platen and gripper into their delivering positions, means foradditionally operating them for the delivery of the wrapper and forswinging the gripper away from the platen to clear the same for thereception of another wrapper.

6. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination withwrapper-cutting and wrapper-rolling and wrapper-pastinginstrumentalities, of a platen, a platen-carrying arm, ahorizontally-arranged shaft to which the said arm is secured, and meansfor raising and lowering. the said shaft for raising and lowering theplaten with respect to the wrappercutting instrnmentalities, forswinging the said shaft for bringing the said platen into range with thewrapper-rolling and wrapperpasting instrumentalities, and for rockingthe shaft to tilt the platen with respect to the said instrnmentalitieslast mentioned.

7. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a platen, aplaten-carrying arm pivoted at its lower end, of a gripper, agripper-carrying arm pivotally connected at its lower end with theplaten-carrying arm, means for engaging with the gripper-carrying armfor-oscillating it to cause the gripper to move overand away from-theplaten, and means for lifting the platen-carrying arm independently ofthe gripper-carrying arm so as to clamp a wrapper between the platen andgripper when the latter is swung over the former.

8. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with thewrapper-cutting and wrapper-rolling and wrappenpasting instrumentalitiesthereof, of a platen, a platen-carrying arm, a horizontally-arrangedshaft to which the said platen-carrying arm is secured, means forimparting vertical, swinging and rocking movements to the said shaft forraising and lowering the platen with respect to the wrapper-cuttinginstrumentalities, for swinging it into range with the Wrapper-rollingand wrapper-pasting instrumentalities, and for tilting it for thedelivery of the wrapper carried by it to the instrumentalities lastmentioned, a gripper for holding a wrapper flat upon the platen, agripper-carrying arm pivotally and yieldingly connected with theplaten-carrying arm, and means for oscillating the gripper with respectto the platen, and also for lifting it with respect thereto.

9. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a platen, ofa platen-carrying arm, a horizontally arranged shaft to which the saidarm is secured, means for lifting the said shaft, for swinging it, andfor rocking it, a gripper adapted to be swung over and away from theupper face of the platen, a gripper-carrying arm, a cam yieldinglyconnected with the platen-carryingarm, and having the grippercarryingarm pivotally attached to it, and a gripper-operating slide by means ofwhich the gripper is oscillated through the medium of thegripper-carrying arm for moving it over and away from the upper face ofthe platen.

10. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination withwrapper-rollinginstrumenedge of the wrapper while the same is still heldupon the platen by the gripper.

ll. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination withwrapper-rolling instrumentalities, of wrapper-pasting instrumentalitiescomprising a brush under which the wrappers are fed, means for rotatingthe said brush, a friction-coupling between the brush and the said meansfor rotating the same, a stop mechanism for normally holding the brushagainst rotation, means for intermittently actuating the said stopmechanism which is operated to release the brush to permit it tobe'frictionally rotated just prior to the time the brush performs itspasting function, and means for delivering wrappers to the saidwrapper-pasting and wrapper-rolling instrumentalities.

12. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination withwrapper-rolling instrumentalities, of wrapper-pasting instrumentalitiescomprising a brush under which the wrappers are fed, a brush-holder, asleeve with which the said holder is connected, a revolving shaft uponwhich the said sleeve is mounted, a friction-disk mounted upon andrevolving with the said shaft, a coact-in g friction-disk mounted uponthe sleeve, a stop-cam also connected with the sleeve, anintermittently-operated stop mechanism coacting with the said cam forengaging therewith to normally hold the sleeve and brush againstrotation, for which purpose they are released by the stop mechanism justbefore the performance of the pasting operation; and means fordelivering wrappers to the said wrapper-pasting and wrapper-rollinginstrumentalities.

13. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with wrappercutting instrumentalities including a punch, a die, and a clamp, ofmeans for moving the punch. and clamp independently of each other, awrapper-receiving platen, means for raising and lowering the said platenwith respect to the said instrumentalities so as to coact with the clampin holding the tobacco while the punch is coacting with the die to cut awrapper from the tobacco, and means coacting with the platen forengaging the cut wrapper thereupon before the clamp is lifted to releasethe cut wrapper.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANK J. LUDINGTON.

